Unsworth

Unsworth is a residential area of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England. The population of the Bury ward at the 2011 census was 9,492. It is about north of the city of Manchester and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Bury.ToponomyUnsworth derives from the Old English Hund a personal name and worth an enclosure. It was recorded in 1291 as Hundeswrth and as Undesworth in 1322.HistoryAfter the Norman conquest in 1066, Unsworth was part of the Pilkington estate before passing into the hands of the Earls of Derby in the 15th century.In the hearth tax collected in 1666, Unsworth had 40 hearths with no house having six.Unsworth and Castle Brooks were sources of water for local industries such as bleach and dye works, there was also clay for brickworks. During the Industrial Revolution farming, cotton mills, print-works and bleach-grounds provided employment for its inhabitants. Cotton mills operating in the late 19th century were Worthington and Company whose Victoria Mills contained 220 looms producing ticking, nankeens, linen and drills and the Unsworth Finishing Company.